Kyradia tapped her foot impatiently waiting for the ship to drop out of hyperspace, the second it did she would try to sense Zash's presence it would be far quicker than scanning. She knew she had to be careful, Zash could very easily get inside her head if she tried to sense her but they were close. Jagomir seemed desolate as far as she could tell why would Zash go there but Zash said she had an 'arrangement' with the nightsisters, this only confused Kyradia because she was under the impression the Dathomirian clan was more or less extinct. Zoyin had brought it up more than once during one of their many fights and she had always enjoyed twisting that knife, still Zash wasn't lying had she missed something or someone?

Either way the idea of the two working together was a scary thought, she looked to Andronikos in the pilots chair, he seemed focussed Andronikos had never been a fan of Zash especially when he found out how Zash had manipulated Kyradia. The feeling was definitely mutual with most of her crew, as worrying as the situation was it was nice to have some of them together again. Ashara sat the opposite side of Kyradia tapping her fingers against the arm of her chair, Kyradia would never understand why Ashara gave her another chance but she seemed driven to stop this threat and she wasn't gonna complain. Kyradia smiled it was certainly a far cry from the timid jedi she'd once manipulated into her crew, maybe some of her teaching had paid off.

A few seconds later the ship dropped out of hyperspace and the brown murky planet of Jagomir came into view, instantly Kyradia began to reach out with the force trying to sense Zash's presence.

Ashara spoke up "scan for nearby vessels they could be in orbit" Andronikos nodded as Kyradia closed her eyes, she felt her mind shift over to ship coming out of orbit.

Kyradia quickly spoke up "they're coming out of orbit be ready to stop their jump to hyperspace" she pointed towards where she sensed the presence and Andronikos began to shift the ship towards the vessel. As they got close Kyradia could see a rather beat up looking 578-R transport ship she almost chuckled wow that wasn't exactly the highest class of ship. Andronikos brought the ship in close but as he did the transport ship pulled away quickly and began speeding up.

"follow them!" Kyradia shouted but as she looked over to Andronikos she could see him trying but to no avail

Andronikos frowned "I'm trying to but I can't seem to move the ship" Kyradia scowled Zash was holding their ship back.

Kyradia stood up "two can play at that came Zash" she stormed off and found a place to concentrate, she reached out towards the transport focussing on the rage of Zash getting into her head earlier and using all the power began to pull the ship back towards her. She focussed all of her power and it seemed to be working the gap was slowly being closed between the ships but then suddenly the grip on the Fury was released causing them to lurch forward past the transport ship and Kyradia to fall over. Kyradia gritted her teeth getting back up Zash was gonna play it like that huh? she reached out again this time focussing her attention on the engine, she was now already adequately angry and summoned the anger to extinguish one of the engines.

Their ship began spinning, that could hold them briefly Kyradia began to walk back to the cockpit but before she could get there the Fury also began to spin as if pushed by the force causing her to slam against the wall. She cursed how could Zash have enough power to overcome both their engines and their internal gravity? Kyradia sighed it seemed that way, she had to neutralise Zash if she was every going to catch them.

Kyradia focussed reaching out to Zash's mind, she was met with a cackle "well it's about time Kyradia I think we've had enough foreplay too" Kyradia felt herself pulled into her mind once again.

She landed with a crash and quickly stumbled up to see the familiar form of Zash smiling at her, she was dressed differently though she was wearing red robes made mainly of wrappings like a… nightsister. Kyradia felt a flash of spite enter her mind as she looked at Zash adorned in the robes she knew all too well.

Zash cackled "bringing back familiar memories I bet Kyradia" Kyradia snarled at Zash not saying a word she just had to distract her long enough for them to catch up and she knew Zash loved to talk. "nothing to say? well that's ok your face tells it all you really hate this group don't you like they did something to you" she raised her eyebrow at Kyradia putting up her hood

Kyradia gritted her teeth "you don't know what you're talking about Zash" Zash stepped back as the blackness changed into a cave strewn with bodies of Rattataki in similar nightsister robes but sporting a different colour.

Kyradia frowned she had never seen robes like it, Zash smiled sitting down on a makeshift throne "oh I think I know a lot more than you apprentice" she looked around at the bodies "unfortunately these nightsisters lacked the ability to help so I had to resort to other methods" Kyradia winced at the sight she had imagined this sort of scene in her mind countless times but now it just felt wrong.

Kyradia scowled at Zash "so what you just killed them" Kyradia wasn't so outraged but she knew it would keep Zash talking

Zash smiled deviously "yes" she cackled "I mean you and I both know they can't be trusted just look at what they did to you" Kyradia felt herself shake with anger Zash thought she understood

"you really think you can outsmart them" Kyradia tried her best to avoid the implication but keep Zash's arrogance in mind

Zash's expression dropped "Kyradia don't try and deflect" green energy began to appear around Zash "are you familiar with nightsister Magick?" Kyradia shuddered at the sight of the ichor "of course this isn't really Ichor but your power is unnatural and potent, it seems I've found the source even if I don't know how so tell me did little Kyradia make a deal" Kyradia felt her blood boil Zash could never understand what happened and she certainly could not be given control of the spirit ichor

Kyradia sneered "they will outsmart you Zash I wasn't deflecting, everyone who faces you do I did it twice in-fact you really think you're ahead of the witches they're already ten steps ahead of you and I guarantee you could never understand their magick" Kyradia saw Zash's scowl deepen as she spoke perfect now she had her

Zash's rage was palapble but suddenly it dropped as she let out a chuckle "I'm still here Kyradia and I know what you're doing, trying to distract me it's cute" Kyradia's eyes widened then why was she indulging it? Zash suddenly disappeared and appeared behind her "I'll let you in on a secret, the hyperdrive has been powered up for a while" Kyradia stumbled back no no no she'd just given her free information "I'll talk to you soon honey but you keep at it thwarting you is a nice distraction" Zash faded away and Kyradia suddenly found herself back in the ship. She looked out the viewport to see the transport jump to hyperspace, Kyradia felt all the rage from the conversation build up inside her throwing a number of boxes across the room. She slammed her fist into the wall leaving multiple dents, she slumped her head breathing heavily still palpably furious. She'd not only let Zash inside her head but had given her more information on her past, she was close but just far enough off Kyradia couldn't let it slip like that again. She clenched her fists feeling the thunderous energy licking around them as Ashara came into the room.

Ashara rushed up to her "I'm sorry Kyradia she got-" Kyradia interrupted her before she could finish

She continued to stare at the wall "away… yeah I know!" Kyradia didn't make eye contact with Ashara still twitching angrily

Ashara put a hand on her shoulder "Kyradia it's perfectly understandable to be angry right now but I need you to calm down" Kyradia gritted her teeth

She hated Zash so much "you know I'm just gonna stay angry that sounds better to me" she'd lost Zash again and that meant either another torturous force connection where she could be manipulated further or waiting for a sighting.

Ashara kept her hand on Kyradia's shoulder "come on Ky this is what she wants you wouldn't want to let her win now would you" Kyradia conceded letting out a long breath

she brushed the hair out of her eyes "yeah uh sorry you're right we'll uh head back to Odessen and I guess I can try and sense her again" Kyradia felt completely defeated, Ashara shook her head bringing her over to the table

she sat her down "no what you are going to do is get some rest while I see if I can find anything on where they could have gone, if i haven't found anything after your rest and only then we may consider putting you through that again" Kyradia was surprised to see Ashara so assertive

Kyradia nodded "yeah ok sure a rest does sound pretty good right now, thanks Ashara it's just I feel responsible for her" Ashara frowned at Kyradia

she held Kyradia's hand "well don't she manipulated you and take it from the person you manipulated it is not your fault it is theirs" Kyradia nodded that was comforting in a very morbid way "now I'm gonna get Xalek to get you some blankets you stay right there ok" Kyradia nodded nestling back into the chair, she guessed things weren't so bad when you had your friends around. Ugh Kyradia scoffed that sounded so corny Kavaraa had been having a bad effect on her…